The story
Name: P E TURNER
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 668837
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 757 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Valluru, Tambaram, India
Date of death: 1945-08-04
Aircraft: Seafire
Place of death: Chembarambakkam, Madras, India
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MADRAS (ST MARY'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Commemoration details: Plot 19, Grave 114
Family details: Son of Fred and Gertrude Alice Turner, of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Native of Swinefleet, Yorkshire
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 668837
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 757 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Valluru, Tambaram, India
Date of death: 1945-08-04
Aircraft: Seafire
Place of death: Chembarambakkam, Madras, India
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MADRAS (ST MARY'S) CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Commemoration details: Plot 19, Grave 114
Family details: Son of Fred and Gertrude Alice Turner, of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Native of Swinefleet, Yorkshire
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